Oh! They mean in racial diversity. Diversity originally meant 'cultural
diversity' so if one is exposed to different cultures they have broader
viewpoint and they are more innovative. If you define diverse as 'racially
diverse' then, Utah is not that diverse, if you look at diversity in terms
of the original meaning, Utah is really diverse. Where else would you see a 6
ft tall blond guy walking down the street having a conversation with four 5 ft
tall Cambodians in Cambodian or would you meet speakers of obscure South Pacific
languages like Mangarevan or Kosraen.

I'm not sure if I understand what they're trying to get at. Even with
the numbers they distribute they have just 6 or fewer ethnicities or races
defined.

How diverse can a city be that has 2 million whites, 1.5
million latinos, .5 million African Americans, .25 million Asians and .2 million
other. Does that mean it's richly diverse?

Or is this just a
back door racists way of stating, which cities have the most white? I
don't understand why white people are demonized and everytime they lose
ground in population it's celebrated. Could you imagine if we celebrated
the decline of latino numbers and publish how whites are leading the breeding
game?

Just seems racists.

Unless someone would care to
explain why it's not racists, when they keep publishing and wording things
this way.

Foreign countries that I have been in, they don't
publish the race of people like this. In fact they are more accepting of the
white race, than people are here.

Locations of individuals is determined by many points. For example, weather
daily, climate over time, medical reasons, closeness to base family groups,
types of jobs ect.....

Is it neccessary to be culturally diverse or
more culturally aware like having hundreds of thousands of foreign serving
missionaries or soldiers living in an area?

Has anyone putting this
list together been to Seoul, Tokyo, any Chinese city, Moscow or any of thousands
of other cities or hundreds of other countries? Sure a lot less diversity in
many of those places.

American immigration allows over 1 million
people a year to immigrate here legally each year.

Does diversity
really mean anything other than for politically correct reasons?

I've been to a few places in this country. None of those places, urban or
rural, are very diverse. Even in a city as cosmopolitan as say NYC or San
Francisco, there are white neighborhoods, black neighborhoods, and everything in
between. So some cities have more groups than others. They are still segregated
by those groups geographically, through definable, neighborhood boundaries, if
within the same city.

Nowhere in the Constitution did it say that the population must be equally
divided by race...It says All Men Are Created Equal. These racist studies are
run by socialists who divide everybody by race, class, gender, circumstance,
etc...America must become one colorblind culture made out of many...These
progressive attacks on the White population must end, they're creating
dangerous resentment.

LDS Liberal loves ripping Utah and it's citizens but would probably never
want to leave. It's a mentality that I actually see often. It falls under
the category Anti-social sociophilia. Pretty common disorder.

Did anyone notice that El Paso, with 80% Latino population was high on the list?
It's not just about whites - diversity is when things are balanced.

That said, who is more diverse? People who have lived in one city their
whole lives or those who are FROM another place or who have gotten outside?
Diversity is not just about appearances. It's what's inside that
counts.

USAloverSalt Lake City, UTLDS Liberal loves ripping Utah and
it's citizens but would probably never want to leave. It's a mentality
that I actually see often. It falls under the category Anti-social sociophilia.
Pretty common disorder.

2:43 p.m. Nov. 15, 2012

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Actually - I was once an ultraConservative like most
the other posters here until I LEFT Utah 30 years ago.

After living
all over the U.S., Serving a SouthVietnamese LDSMission, serving in
the USAF and living abroad, living in WA,CA, KS, VA for 22 years before
coming back behind the Zion Curtain 5 years ago --

I discovered a
few things -

1. The people of Utah live in an itsy bitsy teeny tiny
little bubble fantasy world in their own mind2. Utah is NOT the Zion many
think it is, I'm disappointed, because it SHOULD be.3. The prophet
lives right here, and most Mormons don't listen or follow him as they
should.4. The BEST Mormons I've ever known are not from Utah, are not
Americans -- most are minorities living in Socialist nations5. The
disorder is here. Its pride, a closedmind, stiffnecks & hardhearts and
it's what destroyed the Nephites.

1. The people of Utah live in an
itsy bitsy teeny tiny little bubble world2. Utah should be the Zion many
think it is, but isn't, its polarized at many levels.3. The prophet
lives right here, but sometimes it is hard to tell.4. The BEST Mormons
I've ever known are not from Utah, are not Americans -- most are minorities
living in Socialist nations, where they faith is truly tested5. The
disorder is here is pride, closed mindness, stiffnecks &
harden-hearts"

I will second this with included changes

I too was born in Utah - but have lived all over the world and the US. I
still have lots of family and friends still in Utah - all very good people. But
when I come back and go to church with them, having a multi-racial family, it is
funny how many kids heads in the pews in front of us are turned backwards
staring at us like we just landed from a foreign planet. It don't say this
in a mean way, just a statement of fact.

Utah is many wonderful
things, but diverse under any definition, it is not.

Just scanning the white dominated cities (all but 2 of which I've been in
on business), it's hard to not notice that they are VERY cold weather
cities, for the most part. Living in the south the last 23 years, the
relatively higher black population really is something that's part of the
fabric of our life. My son went to ID on an LDS mission and on the way back
from the airport driving home, we stopped to get something to eat. First thing
he said "There are black people !"...

I might add though, I wouldnt live in a lot of other places though.Utah
has its two faced jones.But, it's a safe place to live, with nice
people.They just get a little out of hand at times.I still say
though, why live there?Must have family there I guess...

I moved to Utah in 1972 after serving in the USAF in Germany. We bought our
first home in SE SLC and found a surprising difference in neighbors - the ones
who had never lived outside SLC treated us like we had strange diseases while
those who had been outside the area were great neighbors (all of these with one
exception were LDS).

The social exclusion practiced by some is like
you'll find in many other areas of the country - try living in south Boston
if you weren't Catholic, for example. This type of behavior is found all
over, and LDS members aren't any worse than we'd seen in other parts
of the US and world. In fact, while I'm not religious, I have more respect
for the LDS church and it's members than any others because I saw far less
hypocrisy there than anyplace else I have lived.

The SLC light rail
system revived a once-great trolley system that ran for years there and is, I
believe, a great addition to the city that will help it grow and attract new
faces and business opportunities far into the future.